- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
ok, i'll watch me shoot down every one of ur reasons.
1. it's possible that the covenant had AI technology already, or that perhaps they captured human technology, reprogramed it, and it's working for them now.
2.the covenant already knew about the crystal, and Ackerson probably has the files on the mine because he himself is studying forerunner artifacts.
3. How would Ackerson disable the MAC guns, anyways? Besides, the Covies already know enough about our weaknesses.
Ackerson didn't lead them to earth. and he doesn't want to betray earth. here's my reasons.
1. he wanted to pull back every ship in the fleet to earth, rather than send a recon patrol to reach and spread human forces out. if you were going to betray earth, wouldn't you want the fleet spread out, to where they could cause as little damage to the covenant as possible? he wants the fleet bunched up, so that they can cause as much damage as possible on the covenant when they come.
2. Ackerson tried to prove that Lt. Wagner broke the Cole Protocol. it was probably Wagner that led them to earth, since he, in fact, did break Cole Protocol. if Ackerson was betraying earth, he'd try to keep the breach of CP a secret, and have the Covenant decend upon earth when earth's not expecting it.
oh, yeah, and the loss of the fleet at Unyeilding Heirophant wasn't a big loss to the covenant, according to the prophet himself. the covenant are going to bring a fleet huge enough to earth to where they wouldn't need a traitor to shut down the MAC guns.